The Meaning of Ezekiel 5:5 Explained

Ezekiel 5:5

KJV: Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

YLT: Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.

Darby: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.

ASV: Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thus saith  the Lord  GOD;  This [is] Jerusalem:  I have set  it in the midst  of the nations  and countries  [that are] round about  her. 

What does Ezekiel 5:5 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 5

1  Under the type of hair
5  is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion
12  by famine, sword, and dispersion

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 5:5 mean?

Thus says the Lord GOD this [is] Jerusalem in the midst of the nations I have set her and all around her the countries
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהֹוִ֔ה זֹ֚את יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַגּוֹיִ֖ם שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲרָצֽוֹת

כֹּ֤ה  Thus 
Parse: Adverb
Root: כֹּה  
Sense: thus, here, in this manner.
אָמַר֙  says 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
אֲדֹנָ֣י  the  Lord 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אֲדֹנָי  
Sense: my lord, lord.
יְהֹוִ֔ה  GOD 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
זֹ֚את  this  [is] 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
בְּת֥וֹךְ  in  the  midst 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: תָּוֶךְ  
Sense: midst, middle.
הַגּוֹיִ֖ם  of  the  nations 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ  I  have  set  her 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular, third person feminine singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
וּסְבִיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ  and  all  around  her 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: מוּסָב 
Sense: places round about, circuit, round about adv.
אֲרָצֽוֹת  the  countries 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: אֶרֶץ  
Sense: land, earth.